Plants & People
AoBP ECOS Awardee Elise Gornish
“The main reason more scientists don’t communicate their science effectively is a lack of formal training”
Computational Models
Floras of the Future: A look at Flora of North America Online
Staying up to date and making all treatments machine-readable will broaden the project’s appeal, but it’s no small feat.
Ecosystems
Are a few, large seeds or many, small seeds a better strategy for a plant?
For the first time, estimates of comparative seed yield and number for over 800 annuals and their predictor equations have been produced and the ecological importance of these regenerative traits has been illustrated.
Plants & People
AoBP ECOS Awardee Larry York
“Knowledge is empowering and should be free to all”
Growth & Development
Microanatomical leaf traits vary across climate gradients in a Great Plains grass
Microanatomical variations underlie the whole-leaf variation seen across the species’ large range.
Plants & People
AoBP ECOS 2020 Awardee Chris Muir
“Open science is one of the best tools we have to change scientific culture by incentivizing good scientific practice.”
Growth & Development
The strength of a stalk
Stalks carrying fruit may have very different stresses compared to when they carried flowers.
Plants & People
Three words to describe #ESA2020: Ecology, students and inspiration
Juniper Kiss reports on the annual meeting of the Ecology Society of America.
Plants & People
The 2020 AoBP ECOS Awards
Elise Gornish, Chris Muir and Larry York are the 2020 recipents of the AoBP ECOS Awards
Close Encounters
Well-timed meals: how the impact of herbivory on plants changes depending on when it takes place
Herbivory impacts plants in a variety of ways, including in how likely they are to be reproductively successful. However, the exact effects of herbivory on plant
Close Encounters
Express delivery – seed dispersal by gopher tortoise
Not known for their speed, how effective are tortoises as seed dispersal agents?
Plants & People
Seaweeds, the “food factories” from the sea
Unlocking the secrets of seaweed could have major benefits for human health.